Same Hosting IP - Will it hurt same type of business ranking?

[chanel27]

Hi,

I am curious if example:

There is 2 plumbing company and both using the same Singapore hosting
and same IP,

Will Google give less ranking to these 2 plumbing sites because Google might think that they are the same company and they are duplicate website even when their content is totally different.

Does Google rank different hosting IP address better for the same business?

[ChrisHolgate]

I wouldn't have thought this would be a consideration to be honest.  Of course, if the two websites were cross linking then Google would probably assume that they're related but otherwise there would be no reason to presume that just because two websites share the same server that they would be related.

[mattyd]

Hi again

Using the same IP address for two different plumbing websites would not cause a problem in terms of Google listing. The search engines don't check IP addresses and decide to downvote anyone's search results on the basis of being on the same server or being in the same industry.

As per your other question, as long as the content is unique - you should not experience any problems at all. You've mentioned that the content is totally different, so it sounds to me like you've got this nailed already.

Regards,

Matt Davies

[earlyadopter]

Some SEO experts believe that acquiring a static IP address will not help in any way in enhancing the performance and ranking of your site, while some others are under the impression that choosing a dedicated IP address will help in improving the ranking, though to a very small extent; they think the search engines consider the IP address as a factor for deciding the ranking.

[chanel27]

The reason some people dont want to have shared IP is because they are afraid of linking to bad neighbors hosting porn or casino?

That is the reason why they want a static ip?

[earlyadopter]

Yes, because sharing the IP address with known adult or spam sites will raise a warning flag in the eyes of search engines, which may in-turn, lead to banning the complete IP address from its index.